With the arrival of the new iPhone, we thought we'd check to see how iOS users differ from their Android counterparts. The numbers were quite striking, and might actually help us understand the market demographics for each. We took the Top 100 Search Terms for each operating system, and compared the ranking of various search terms. Read more

Nicki Minaj is a perennial favorite of xHamster fans, racking up thousands of searches each day. But news of her possible retirement has sent shivers through the internet, with searches spiking 50% in just a day! After all, Minaj's famous butt helped launch the massive booty trend of the last decade. Read more

With the second season of “IT” upon us, we did a little clowning around of our own. When it comes to horror porn, creepy clowns come in at our #2 most popular fantasy (behind #1 Zombie, and head of #3 Werewolf).

There are over 100 creepy clown videos on xHamster, with tens of millions of views. Can someone explain to us what the clown appeal is — and if any of the below examples are hotter than Pennywise?Read more

Not so long ago and before Burning Man started, xHamster opened a call for a couple to film the playa’s first public sex tape, committing to cover two tickets to the festival and a little cash to cover the expenses.

What were the odds to find out that recently DJ Flume was filmed enjoying girlfriend Paige Elkington’s spare parts on stage of a Burning Man event while DJing, which has obviously sent the internet in an uproar!

"Despite the length of the video, xHamster believes that DJ Flume could be the person we were looking for," said Alex Hawkins, VP of xHamster. "Not only did his video created a fan frenzy, but it also caused an intense traffic spike on the web!"

Searches for Paige Elkington skyrocketed up to 2300% during the last seven days. That’s the burn!

Ready for the Burn? We're looking for a couple to film the playa's first public sex tape. We want to see what happens when outside the tents. We're willing to put up the money to buy two tickets to the festival, plus a little cash to cover expenses — $3,000. Read more

In what we can only imagine was a worldwide outbreak of extreme thirst, traffic on xHamster surged 33% yesterday, lasting over two hours. Users from over 25 countries poured into xHamster, combing through countless videos. As a swarm, it was nearly Biblical.

What could it possibly be, we wondered? Either way, we were happy to welcome the flood of new users making xHamster their new heart of all things erotic.

Like a good lover, we're always up. So next time yours lets you down, remember — xHamster's always here to help you out!

Earlier this year, we surveyed over 50,000 xHamster users asking them to describe their perfect women — height, body type, hair and eye color, and other relevant attributes — and ended up with xHamster Dream Girl Shy!

The response to Shy was enormous, and while she represents a wonderful mix of worldwide preferences, she still can’t be everyone’s dream girl! Some of you want someone a little rounder, some a little shorter, some a little more natural, some with more tattoos, some with who are blond, and some who are transgender.

So we decided to do a little experiment. Rather than amalgamating all the responses, we decided to filter it — and create dream girls for specific categories or specific groups of respondents. For example, by limiting our respondents only to those from the United States, we were able to create a uniquely American Dream Girl — one with darker features and longer hair. We did the same with Germany, as well as with respondents who wanted their Dream Girl to be a lesbian, or transgender or a feminist.

Our lesbian dream girl was voted on by 5.5% of xHamster users. Perhaps surprisingly, they wanted her to be almost a decade younger than Shy — 19 years old, and slimmer (29.5%). Respondents wanted her to have curly blonde hair and be natural (42%). 63% of respondents insisted that Lesbian Shy be a feminist. The patriarchy isn’t going to smash itself!

Our feminist dream girl, chosen by about 40% of respondents worldwide, was a bit older — respondents said she’d be 30 years old, of average height, a bit more curvy with the straight dark hair. And yet, the plurality of respondents still wanted her shaved — and heterosexual! I thought a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle? Don’t tell that to feminist Shy!

Our transgender dream girl is our tallest by a hair, and is slightly more curvy and with bigger breasts. Most respondents wanted them to identify as bisexual, but did not identify them as a feminist.

Our German dream girl is 27 years old with straight blonde hair — of course! — with curvaceous body in hourglass shape. She’s fully-shaved (62%), and — very surprisingly — she’s the the most anti-feminist of all our samples — 74% said they would not want her to be a feminist. Given the country’s history of strong, powerful women, this came as a complete shock. We’d love to hear from some of our German fans as to why this might be.

Our American dream girl is also 27 years old, but that’s they only common thing she shares with her German ally. She has long dark hair, a rounder ass and larger breasts (we call this the Kardashians effect!). She’s totally shaved and — unfortunately — not much more of a feminist. At 64% saying “no”, US respondents were less likely than our worldwide sample to want a feminist.

At xHamster, we know that sexual diversity is our strength. So let’s celebrate Shy in all her varieties! Shy resides on Instagram, so if you want to find out what she thinks about these alter egos, ask her!

Who’s your favourite Dream Girl? Let us know in the comments!

(Not a fan of any of them? Let us know whom you’d like to add to this list, and we will make it happen!)

The xHamster Data Team has partnered with our Artificial Intelligence (AI) team to bring our understanding of user desires to a new level using machine-learning tools.

Recently, they finished a pioneering experiments in which our AI robot — code name Neuron Jeremy — analyzed over 150K frames of video, taken randomly from over 3000 videos on xHamster. Our unstoppable machine detected a dozen major porn attributes, and ranked them based on popularity.The most popular category? The always perky “Small boobs” division — coming in at nearly 78% more popular than large breasts. Given our focus on user-created amateur uploads, a more natural look seems appropriate, no?

Another difference between us and those studio porn sites? Tittyfucking — listed politely by our Neuron as “boob sex” — was the least popular category. Turns out, in real life, women don’t really love getting used like a Fleshjack. On the other hand, oral sex for women appeared less than a tenth of the time that blowjobs did!

Come on, guys! Is there any wonder the world is facing a massive orgasm gap???

On Bastille Day, we asked the xHamster data team to pull the most searched French terms on xHamster. The ninth most popular term was "viol" — the French term for [email protected] We wondered should we publish such data? Wouldn't it be more prudent to just remove that term from the list? In the end, we decided it was not in anyone’s interest to hide what people were searching for. We decided to publish it, but to remove the term from the available searches, as we did for "[email protected]" in English several years ago.

We were not surprised by the ensuing discussion — or outrage. It must be rather shocking for the French to see the term 'viol' appear in their top ten most popular searches. But the discussion that needs to be had is why this term is so popular in France and the rest of the French speaking world. And that is a discussion for the French to have among themselves.

In the meantime, we're banning the term "viol" from our searches. We should note that the videos it returned were consensual BDSM encounters and fantasies. However, they don't necessarily have context, and in a world where sex education is lacking, where conversations about consent are absent, when actual crimes go to often unpunished, we're no longer willing to allow such terms to be used on our site.

Users who search for 'viol' will instead now be presented with the message below, and offered the chance to speak with a [email protected]

In the coming weeks, we will be looking at similar search terms in other countries and other languages — German, Japanese, Spanish and so on. Our goal is not to censor content, or dictate fantasies, but we do feel a responsibility to contribute positively to the worldwide discussion of sex and consent. #balancetonporc #culturedeviol

On Canada’s Day xHamster team went through the data to take a closer look at how the Canadians — and Canadiens — consume porn.

Just give’r! Let’s take a look together!

Canada comes in 9th among xHamster’ top 10 countries, in terms of male/female ratio. Only 20% women, vs 30% worldwide. We need more Canadian women here! We really do!

For the second year in a row, the most patriotic territory — measured by how much they search for Canadian porn — is icy Nunavut. Maybe the further north you go, the more you need neighbours’ warm hugs. The least interested in their fellow Canadians? The Quebec separatists, bien sûr!

The most popular search terms are “Indian”, “Mom” and – vanity moment here! – “xHamster”! The most popular categories are “matures”, “amateur” and “lesbians.” So, the ideal Canadian porn star would be an older lesbian with a realistic-body type. How Trudeau-ian!

Their favourite porn star list looks great and needs no further introduction – Mia Khalifa all the way!

This Pride weekend, Lil Nas X came out as gay — saying he thought it was “obvious.”

As a huge advocate of the LGBTQIA community, with one of the most sexually diverse audiences on the planet, xHamster applauds the move.

“We applaud Lil Nas X for his strength, honesty and conviction,” says Alex Hawkins, VP of xHamster. “We know the discrimination he’s already faced with Billboard and “Old Town Road,” so we’re extending the invitation to debut his next video on xHamster.

“We pride ourselves on our users’ ability to defy categorization, to promote acceptance and celebration, and most of all — to wear chaps. We welcome Lil Nas X and his Wrangler booty to the family. Let’s ride til we can’t no more.”

Last month, we surveyed over 50,000 xHamster users and asked them to describe their perfect woman. We asked them about height, hair color, and the shape of her body. Meet Shy, the woman of your dreams, now live on Instagram!

Shy is a 25-year-old, 5’5 feet tall woman with long, dark hair and deep blue eyes. And she’s bisexual. She’s also our new ambassador, and so we hope that you, our Pygmalions, will welcome your very own Galatea. Below, let’s look at how your xHamster DreamGirl stacks up.

Since we have nearly 25% of users who identify as bisexual, it make sense that Shy would be bi as well. Over 40% of respondents wanted her to be sexually fluid — labels didn’t matter.

xHamster users all had different ideas as to what race Shy should be — but the two most popular were White and Asian, so we’ve created a multiethnic Eurasian beauty.

Blondes may have more fun, but our users gravitated toward darker haired woman, with longer hair and a bit of body.

For most, eye color didn’t matter so much. We’d like to think that it’s because it’s what’s inside that counts, but let’s be frank: this is a porn site. Still, blue eyes lead the way.

Our Goldilocks respondents didn’t want Shy too short or too tall. At 5’5’ we’ve made her … just right.

And no one really wanted anyone too skinny. Most of our respondents are into curvy women, and we love that!

We also asked if users wanted her to be a feminist. Fully 40% supported a feminist fantasy woman, almost double what surveys of general population say, especially since many of the respondents were likely men.

All that said … a feminist doesn’t need men’s permission to have a viewpoint!. So you’ll just have to see how strong Shyis when you meet her.

Of course, even feminists shave these days — more than 50% chose this option.

June is Pride Month, so we did a deeper dive into what LGBTQ people are viewing on xHamster. And along the way, we found a few interesting things about straight people (hint: they’re not always that straight!)

According to a 2016 Gallup poll, only 3.8% of Americans identify as LGBTQ. That closely matches what our own survey of 11K xHamster users said, which clocked a little higher at — 4.06% identified as gay or lesbian.

And yet, only 67.7% identified as straight. Maybe researchers are asking the wrong question. Or maybe people are just more open when a browser is set to incognito.

As we’ve noted before, 22.4% of respondents self-identified as bisexual. And another 4.7% or so identified as “Other” — all of which leaves a lot of wiggle room when the lights are out.

That’s nearly 33% of the population — much closer to the 37% people with homosexual experiences identified by Kinsey in the 1940s.

And even the ones that identified as “heterosexual or straight” weren’t being entirely forthcoming.

We broke out the viewing patterns of those who identified as “straight,” “gay” and “bi” separately. (Remember, this isn’t mysterious traffic data — these are people self-reporting how they see themselves and what they watch.)

We asked each group what type of content they “commonly” watch. Here’s what we found:

Of straight respondents, the following percentages of purely heterosexuals reported watching LGBTQ content:

Here’s how it is when we looked exclusively at men:The numbers are pretty much the same.

Straight women are even more fluid.

And it’s worth noting that gay men watch less lesbian content than straight men watch gay male content. What letters should we use for that????

Maybe rather than creating a straight pride parade, straight people should just get a float in the gay one!

“No matter what people say about their sexuality, the data doesn’t lie,” says Alex Hawkins, Vice President of xHamster. “The survey shows that sexuality is a continuum, and that ‘straightness’ and ‘gayness’ are constructs that don’t actually match up cleanly with sexual desire. But that’s the beauty of sex and porn — we allow people to explore beyond labels.”

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